UK,
1959, 111 min
Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Graham GreeneCinematography:
Oswald MorrisCast:
Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noël Coward, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Jo Morrow, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Denham, Karel Štěpánek (more)Plots(1)
Based on the novel by Graham Greene, British expatriate Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) runs a vacuum cleaner store in Havana, Cuba. He has promised his vain daughter, Milly (Jo Morrow), a horse and a country club membership, which leaves him desperate for money. When Hawthorne (Noel Coward) proposes he become a paid British agent and recruit other spies, he accepts, and haplessly embarks on a new career. (Mediumrare Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Golden Globes
- 1961 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy